遲暮

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chímù

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ mou⁶
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ mo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chímù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíhmù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih²-mu⁴
  - Yale: chŕ-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrmuh
  - Palladius: чиму (čimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ mou⁶
  - Yale: chìh mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ mou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci⁵ mo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî mŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo³⁵/

Noun

遲暮

(literary) nightfall; toward evening; dusk
(literary) remaining years; twilight years
- 惟草木之零落兮，恐美人之遲暮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  惟草木之零落兮，恐美人之迟暮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Wéi cǎomù zhī língluò xī, kǒng měirén zhī chímù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(nightfall):

傍晚 (bàngwǎn)
傍黑 (bànghēi) (regional)
入暮 (rùmù)
向晚 (xiàngwǎn) (literary)
向暮 (xiàngmù) (literary)
夜色 (yèsè) (night scenery)
斷夜／断夜 (Hakka)
斷暗／断暗 (Hakka)
昏暮 (hūnmù) (literary)
晚來／晚来 (wǎnlái) (literary)
暝色 (míngsè) (literary or Teochew, night scenery)
暮色 (mùsè) (shades of evening)
落黑 (no² he²) (Sichuanese)
薄暮 (bómù) (literary)
黃昏／黄昏 (huánghūn)

(remaining years):

夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
尾梢 (Min Nan)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Min Nan)
餘年／余年 (yúnián)

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